Sunday, January 17, 2010

Win a $50 Healthy Food Shopping Spree!

A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Abby from the online natural products store iHerb.com, inquiring as to whether I'd like to offer my readers a chance at a $50 shopping spree on their website. "Well, heck yea," I said. And not only did they want me to offer the readers a spree, they also gave me a $50 spree. Super heck yea.

It took me a few weeks to nail down exactly what I wanted, as I'm an indecisive type (silly Libras!). The site is loaded with healthy baking goods (like Bob's Red Mill products), gluten-free foods, bath and beauty products, and loads of vitamins and supplements. My goods came in last week. See what I found for $50:

I chose Kiss My Face Rough Thyme shower gel because I'm runnin' low on bath products, and this stuff contains scrubby bits to help exfoliate my dry, dry skin. I've been looking for raw buckwheat groats forever (to make raw cereal) but can't find them in stores here. So I was so pleased to find Bob's Red Mill Buckwheat Groats. The prices at iHerb are super low compared to what I'd pay at Whole Foods, so the Nativas Naturals Raw Cacao Powder was an amazing value. I plan to use the Amazing Grass Green SuperFood powder in place of my daily green juice when my cleanse is over. And the Now Healthy Foods Soymilk Powder will certainly find its way into homemade vegan hot cocoa mix.

Now iHerb wants to give one lucky reader the same opportunity. Here's what ya gotta do: Go to iHerb.com and look around. Come back and post a comment letting me know what product or products you'd most love to score in a shopping spree. On Friday morning (Jan. 22), I'll use a random number generator to choose a winner.

To earn an extra entry, tweet about this contest and link back to my blog. Then leave another comment letting me know you tweeted.

Oh, if you don't have a way for me to contact through a blog, please leave an email address in your comment (if you write it like this — name[at]wherever[dot]com — it should save ya from spammers.

Ooo, exciting! I would love to get my hands on some vegan omega 3 pills. I'm into into the idea that vegan diet = a complete diet, so I only take a b12 supplement BUT I know I haven't been great with regular omega 3 consumption - at least during the winter - during the summer, salads = flax oil = happy vegan! Thanks for the giveaway! :) -Eve

Oh, so many lovely things to contemplate trying. Chia seeds, coconut oil, tea tree oil, bath products.....I am trying to move to a more vegetarian/vegan lifestyle and I cannot find many of these things in my neck of the woods...

I would get a lot of my supplements from there including http://www.iherb.com/Gaia-Herbs-Liquid-Phyto-Caps-Thyroid-Support-Extra-Strength-60-Liquid-Filled-Capsules/15543?at=0. That would help me a lot because my supplements aren't cheap and I go through a lot a month.

chia for teh win! seems the most popular :D also, I lust hard for some vega smoothie mix'uns (the vanilla chai is sooo good just mixed into my favorite local soymilk!), and some raw bars - luna's a tried 'n true favorite, but I'm more than willing to explore and branch out!

Chia seeds, heck yeah.Love the Avalon Organics Vitamin C line.Vega protein powders rock my socks. (Wish they had the Vega bars but I didn't see them.)Maybe a whole box of LaraBars or ProBars for when I'm on the road. And, of course, the Amazing Grass Green Superfood Powder looks awesome.

iHerb rocks! I've ordered from them before and just heard that they have an affiliate program. I have a moratorium on online ordering for Jan but soon enough I know I would want to order bars since their sooo expensive and my naturopath told me to get some Silica for my hair & nails.

I'm sure I'd pick out lots of awesome stuff, but one of the big things I'd buy is some chia seeds! They're a fantastic deal on that site! I'd also like some of that Amazing Grass Green Superfood. I have looked at that at my co-op, but it's kind of expensive & I'm not sure that I'll like the taste, so I've been procrastinating.

Wow, iherb has sooo much to offer! It's ridiculously hard to pick. I think I would choose things that are much harder to find in stores (or are super expensive at tiny health food places). I would love to try the VEGA chai protein powder, Bob's Red Mill coconut flour, anything from Navitas Naturals (like the yacon syrup, goji powder, or lucuma powder), and I could also restock my manitoba hemp butter. Oh and so much more! Thanks for the awesomely awesome giveaway.

What an awesome prize! I would spend it all-- and probably a little extra-- on vitamins! My kiddo doesn't like the ones I picked out for her and I could use some new ones myself. Their vitamin prices seem pretty reasonable too. I would probably also get a new face moisturizer since I'm almost out of that too. I'm sure I wouldn't have any trouble spending it!! :)

I'd like to get some cacao powder, coconut oil, and chia seeds--definite staples of mine. :) But I'd probably mix it up a bit and try something new... maybe acai berry powder. Never tried it, and I'd think it would ROCK in my smoothies! :)

I am tweeting this right now, @ploeauriti Good luck to all--whoever needs it most should get it :)

thanks for holding this wonderful giveaway! the iherb website is amazing! the products i would love to try to are chia seeds, nunaturals stevia and lucuma powder! my email is potbelliedpiggie@gmail.com

Love it! I would by some Lundberg Tamari Seaweed Rice Cakes for my husband. They are his fave and a hard to find item! Some Eden wasabi powder, Nori Sheets, and sushi rice...can you tell I'm in the mood for some sushi-making?

Oh so many things! I'd love some amazing grass drink mixes, not sure what flavor, but I've tried the packets and they're great and make me feel uber healthy. I also would like chia seeds because I love making chia puddings, and xanthum gum because I haven't tried it yet but have been drooling over all these photos of overflowing bowls of thick smoothies all over the internet. Then if I had anything leftover, haha, cacao nibs and spelt flour. Thanks for the giveaway!

Woo hoo! I want! I want!! iHerb is awesome, Mr. Kook and I shop there frequently. I would spend my giveaway moneys on some Now Foods Cocoa Butter Lotion, JASON Vitamin E Oil 14,000 I.U, some Coconut Oil, and then I'd look around and find a new shampoo and conditioner for my wild hair.

I would definitely go for some milk thistle, which I think would help out my stuffy nose and generally perk me up this week :) Other than that, bring on the coconut oil! You can never have too much of that stuff laying around!